This paper reports the outcome of a series of interviews and focus group meetings with professionals working in post-trade processing and the provision of mutual distributed ledger services. The objective was to elicit and document views on three research hypotheses about the potential impact of...

Cryptocurrencies have grown exponentially and gained increasing attention in recent years, and while it's true that it's secure by design, “Security” remains the cornerstone of any and all cryptoassets.To benchmark the global cryptocurrencies market from a security perspective, track current...

We present comprehensive evidence in support of giving liquidity equal standing to size, value/growth, and momentum as investment styles, as defined by Sharpe (1992). First, we show that financial market liquidity, as identified by stock turnover, is an economically significant indicator of...

We first show that liquidity, as measured by stock turnover or trading volume, is an economically significant investment style that is distinct from traditional investment styles such as size, value/growth, and momentum. We then introduce and examine the performance of several portfolio...

The increase of data-driven M&A transactions have raised apprehension over potential violations of data privacy rights. The economic significance attributed to Big Data has also called into question whether data privacy could be a parameter in merger control proceedings. Our purpose is to...

This book focus on the latest advances in mobile technologies of secure transaction processing. It covers topics such as security issues and requirements for online banking, privacy in mobile databases, SMS, server authentication, mobile transaction processing systems, and secure mobile...